Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it, but the oldest system restore point
is about three days AFTER he deleted the key. Does anyone have any other
suggestions?

The computer is not that old. Should I consider rebuilding it completely?
I am cautious because I don't even know if that would fix it! His computer
is still listed in the temporary licenses on the Terminal Server. Is there
anyway to purge that?

"LSR" wrote:
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> Gretchen Hembree wrote:[color=green]
> > I have a Vista user that is connecting to Terminal Server through
> > RDP. We are having licensing issues with our new 2003 Server, but
> > are currently using Temporary licenses. We didn't discover the
> > problem until our 120 days were up on many machines so I had my users
> > delete the MSLicensing key in the registry to reissue the license for
> > another 120 days until I took some time to look into the other
> > problem.
> >
> > Although my one Vista user had 60+ days left on his temp license he
> > deleted the key! Now it will not reissue a temporary license and
> > will not recreate the MSLicensing key. When he attempts to connect
> > he gets the following message: The remote computer disconnected the
> > session because of an error in the licensing protocol. Please try
> > connecting to the remote computer
> > again or contact your administrator.
> >
> > Can anyone help even if it is a temp solution? I am supposed to be on
> > maternity leave right now, but of course this user deleted the
> > registry key two days after I had my baby! Frustrating! :)
> >
> > Thanks. ~Gretchen[/color]
>
> The user could try doing a System Restore from a time before he deleted the
> MSLicensing keys. That should restore the temporary licence and give him the
> 60 days back.
>
> And - congratulations!
>
> --
> LSR
>
>
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